jar

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: jar

1	n v	a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles place in a cylindrical vessel
2	v n	affect in a disagreeable way a sudden jarring impact

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: jar

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an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine; beaker
a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry; canopic jar, canopic vase
a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body; cookie jar, cooky jar
a jar in which cookies are kept (and sometimes money is hidden); crock, earthenware jar
an earthen jar (made of baked clay); cruse
small jar; holds liquid (oil or water); jamjar, jampot
a jar for holding jellies or preserves; Mason jar
a glass jar with an air-tight screw top; used in home canning; vase
an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers; urn
a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet

“he drank a jar of beer”

“jar the jam”

Type of:: lay, place, pose, position, put, set
put into a certain place or abstract location

“This play jarred the audience”

Type of:: affect, impress, move, strike
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

Type of:: displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Type of:: move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

“all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers”

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